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Nineteenth Century Family History in Michigan: 1850-1880 (ICPSR 32)

Principal Investigator(s):Warner, Sam Bass Jr.

Summary:

This data collection provides information on the
characteristics of 1,194 Michigan families in rural places, towns and
villages, and the urban areas of Detroit in 1850 and 1880. Data are
provided on the geographic location of each household and type of
locale, total number of residents in the household, and total number
of children of the head of each household. Demographic variables
provide information on age, race, place of birth, and occupation of
the household head and their... (more info)

This data collection provides information on the
characteristics of 1,194 Michigan families in rural places, towns and
villages, and the urban areas of Detroit in 1850 and 1880. Data are
provided on the geographic location of each household and type of
locale, total number of residents in the household, and total number
of children of the head of each household. Demographic variables
provide information on age, race, place of birth, and occupation of
the household head and their spouse, place of birth of father
and mother of the household head and of their spouse, sex of the
household head and their children, and age of the children. Additional
variables provide information on the number of children listed as
unemployed, the number of parents or parents-in-law of the household
head residing in the household, the number of other related adults aged
14 and older, other related children aged 14 and younger living in the
household, the number of servants or employees in the household, and the
number of boarders or roomers in the household.

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Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Warner, Sam Bass, Jr. NINETEENTH CENTURY FAMILY HISTORY IN MICHIGAN: 1850-1880. ICPSR00032-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. [producer and distributor], 1999. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00032.v1

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Methodology

Sample:
A total of 1,194 households in Michigan in 1850 and 1880.

Data Source:

manuscript censuses of 1850 and 1880

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: